000 
FPUS72 KCHS 211051
NOWCHS

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
551 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-211300-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-
COASTAL MCINTOSH-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-
INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING...
HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...MILLEN...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE...
SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND...
WILMINGTON ISLAND
551 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002

.NOW...
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING EASTWARD TOWARD THE
GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WILL
CROSS INTERSTATE 95 BEFORE 7 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE
THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH WITH SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR ONE
INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16. MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
PONDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

$$

SCZ040-042>045-047>050-211300-
ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-JASPER-
NORTHERN COLLETON-SOUTHERN COLLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...
CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH...HAMPTON...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...
ST. GEORGE...WALTERBORO
551 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002

.NOW...
RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...REACHING
THE COAST BEFORE MID MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...WHERE A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF
RAIN IS LIKELY PRIOR TO 8 AM. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
MAINLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
$$

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